Have I the Right?

Have I the Right?

Infobox Single
Name =Have I the Right?


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =The Honeycombs
Album =
A-side =
B-side ="Please Don't Pretend Again" (Meek/Lawrence)
Released =June 1964 (UK)
Format =7"
Recorded =RGM Sound: 1964
Genre =Pop music
Length =
Label =Pye Records 7N15664 (UK)
Writer =Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley
Producer =Joe Meek (R.G.M. Sound)
Certification =
Last single =
This single ="Have I the Right?"
(1964)
Next single ="Is It Because"
(1964)
Misc =

Have I The Right? was The Honeycombs' debut single and biggest hit. It was the last Top 10 UK hit produced by Joe Meek, who composed and produced "Telstar" for The Tornados, and reached #5 in the U.S. "Have I the Right?" was recorded in German as "Hab' Ich Das Recht?" b/w "Du sollst nicht traurig sein" (Deutsche Vogue, DV 14210).

The song was covered in 1977 by The Dead End Kids. Their version peaked at #6 in the UK pop charts. The song was covered by the Dead Kennedys on the 1979 live album, Live At The Deaf Club and by Les Fradkin on his 2006 album "Goin' Back". The single of Fradkin's version is at Apple iTunes.

Charts

#1 (UK)
#3 (Ireland)#5 (USA)
#21 (Germany)


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